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My Doctorate Can Beat Up Your Doctorate: How Physician Assistant Doctorate Degree Programs Compare

February 22, 2020April 8, 2022 The PA Doctor 0 Comments butler university, dms, dmsc, dnp, lincoln memorial university, LMU, PA Doctorate, physician assistant doctorate

I love practicing medicine. I can’t imagine spending time and money getting another advanced degree to move into… *gasp*… administration!

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What’s in a Name?

February 17, 2020April 18, 2021 The PA Doctor 0 Comments butler university, dms, dmsc, dnp, lincoln memorial university, LMU, PA Doctorate, physician assistant doctorate

When I first heard of advanced practice clinicians earning doctorates, I was opposed to them using the term “doctor” in

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“You Know a Lot”

January 24, 2020May 27, 2020 The PA Doctor 0 Comments butler university, dms, dmsc, dnp, lincoln memorial university, LMU, PA Doctorate, physician assistant doctorate

So I had a cool experience the other day… I was talking with a patient and her spouse about some

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Introducing the Doctor of Medical Science

January 4, 2020January 5, 2021 The PA Doctor 1 Comment dms, dmsc, dnp, lincoln memorial university, LMU, PA Doctorate, physician assistant doctorate

I’ve been chosen to represent a group of ambitious PAs who want to increase public awareness of how sorely underutilized PAs are, especially those with advanced training as Doctors of Medical Science.

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  1. Marcos A. Vargas, MSHA, PA-C on PE for PAs: Is it time?May 4, 2022

    PA Education Nowadays there are well over 256 if not close to 280 PA education programs in the United States…

  2. JB on Doctor of Medical Science vs MD: What You Won’t Learn on RedditMay 4, 2022

    Your infographic should have led with a mention of using Duke as a reference versus hiding the finer details in…

  3. The PA Doctor on Doctor of Medical Science vs MD: What You Won’t Learn on RedditMay 4, 2022

    Great question. We're not at all claiming that DMS PAs are equivalent to MDs. There is certainly a gap between…

  4. Sabbi Potifone on Doctor of Medical Science vs MD: What You Won’t Learn on RedditMay 4, 2022

    Why even go to medical school and become an MD/DO if becoming if you are arguing a DMSc that they…

  5. The PA Doctor on Doctor of Medical Science vs MD: What You Won’t Learn on RedditMay 4, 2022

    Thank you for commenting, Dr. Copeland. We pulled our data from the same webpage. "While the courses below are not…

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